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Choctaw agency Feb 6th /65
Mrs A H Rice Dear maddum I have had sum sickness on the street lateley big Mariah & big Mandey & gray Jim but I have got them up agan with out the ade of a dockter Cemme was tocon with a pane in the joy & fel in the arme & hande I had to call in Dr perkins to hir he sade hit was newralgy & rumetism she is mending the rest ar all well hear & I think all so at the lower place we have a grate deal of rane hear so much that we cant due but littel in the farme I have 200 aycurs & mebby a littel over bedid up I am still makeing out with what mules I had when you left Mr Gaston is not willing to giv hy prices & cheep ones is harde to finde in regarde to your things I have sente William twis since thay ware tacon to se if thay war gon & to se if I culd sende the rest down I shal sende tomarrow agan to se & will sende butter I have sente butter evreay time he wente Jug Carr promist me that he wood sende the butter if nothing else but I reckon he culd not we have not made much butter lateleay from the fact that the cows war in shuch a fix that thay culd not milk them to du much good thar bags war broke out in grate lumps & thar tits all so & was so sore that the calvs culd hardeleay suck & thar mouths broke out from sucking thar mothers or I thought that was hit thay ar nearleay well now & ar giving a nice chane of milk agan or begining to du so what I am sending now is made hear Mr Tucker has not sente nun in two weakes tho he sade he

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Choctaw agency Feb 6th /65
Mrs A H Rice Dear maddum I have had sum sickness on the street lateley big Mariah & big Mandey & gray Jim but I have got them up agan with out the ade of a dockter Cemme was tocon with a pane in the joy & fel in the arme & hande I had to call in Dr perkins to hir he sade hit was newralgy & rumetism she is mending the rest ar all well hear & I think all so at the lower place we have a grate deal of rane hear so much that we cant due but littel in the farme I have 200 aycurs & mebby a littel over bedid up I am still makeing out with what mules I had when you left Mr Gaston is not willing to giv hy prices & cheep ones is harde to finde in regarde to your things I have sente William twis since thay ware tacon to se if thay war gon & to se if I culd sende the rest down I shal sende tomarrow agan to se & will sende butter I have sente butter evreay time he wente Jug Carr promist me that he wood sende the butter if nothing else but I reckon he culd not we have not made much butter lateleay from the fact that the cows war in shuch a fix that thay culd not milk them to du much good thar bags war broke out in grate lumps & thar tits all so & was so sore that the calvs culd hardeleay suck & thar mouths broke out from sucking thar mothers or I thought that was hit thay ar nearleay well now & ar giving a nice chane of milk agan or begining to du so what I am sending now is made hear Mr Tucker has not sente nun in two weakes tho he sade he